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Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement (A-12673) with Peninsula Business Interiors (PBI) for new product, delivery, installation and associated furniture services at NMC, extending the Agreement an additional one year period for a revised full term of April 15, 2015 through April 14, 2017 and adding $350,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,125,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the Board of Supervisors:
Authorize the Deputy Purchasing Agent for Natividad Medical Center (NMC) or his designee to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement (A-12673) with Peninsula Business Interiors for new product, delivery, installation and associated furniture services at NMC, extending the Agreement an additional 1 year period for a revised full term of April 15, 2015 through April 14, 2017 and adding $350,000 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $1,125,000.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
In 2012 Natividad Medical Center worked with its interior design firm to develop furniture standards for patient rooms, patient waiting rooms, nurses' stations, exam rooms, and office areas. There are many benefits to having a consistent standard approach to furniture selection. Standards allow for products to be utilized efficiently and allow for better management of inventory. Modular office products can be rearranged and reconfigured with minimal cost. NMC selected Steelcase products for its modular office furniture and selected many Nurture products, a healthcare subsidiary of Steelcase, for its patient areas. Steelcase and Nurture are well known in the healthcare industry for their durability and ten year warranty. Peninsula Business Interiors, PBI, is the only local authorized furniture dealer located in Monterey County that sells Steelcase and Nurture furniture products.
Approval of the recommended action will allow PBI to provi...
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